Nurses on strike at all eight Providence hospitals across Oregon reached a tentative deal Friday to end the strike that has lasted 43 days. It’s the second time they’ve struck a deal with the hospital chain.

The sellout contract, the result of the ONA’s meeting with Oregon Governor Tina Kotek three weeks ago, was resoundingly voted down by 83 percent.

Providence and the union representing its striking nurses will resume in-person talks for the first time since the two sides reached an ill-fated agreement nearly two weeks ago, the Oregon Nurses Association said Monday.

Oregon's largest hospital system cited the length of the strike in a notice to nurses who've walked out from eight hospitals. The union accused Providence of delaying after members voted down a tentative deal.

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In an email, 11 of the city council’s 12 members urged a return to the bargaining table, calling it a matter of public health and safety.

Providence Health & Services and the union representing nearly 5,000 of its nurses will return to the bargaining table this week amid an ongoing strike.The nego